Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-05-14 | Page 48 | Saves Big Sum to Police Department

f SAVES BIG SUWI TO mmm I Auto Does Work oi" 36 Horses. 10 Wagons. 12 Patrolmen i and 2 Hostlers, a The Detroit police department' has ls- M sued a statement hearing uu the use of I motor patrols In tho poliea service for J six months from October 1, UUO, lo April J "The Installation of automobiles in jjl placn of liorse-drawn patrols has been 11 j remarkably successful In this depurt- jl ment," says Police Commissioner Croul. Ht "in the six months vc have shown a Sj wiving of $7112.51 in favor of the uulo- j mobiles and in addition we have derived Nj almost endless benefits on account of the 13 greater speed and distance the automo- '(fl biles travel." t& Below 1b given an official summary R showing the work- performed by the seven 1 piotor patrols In' the period mentioned. m and tho cost as compared with the horse 31 patrol , system : B dumber of calls responded to, 13,353: S number of rrilie3 traveled. 34.SS6; emcr-a emcr-a gency calls Involving removal of injured Ii persons to hospitals or homes', 710. Ex-3 Ex-3 penses October 1, 1010 to April 1, 1911: Total, $2045.49-w $2045.49-w These motor patrols have replaced Jj thlrty-slx horses, ten patrol wagons, Ii twelve patrolmen and two hostlers. To a maintain the service with horse-drawn i vehicles -would have cost a total of I $9158.' S This figure, compared with ?:!(M5.49, jjjl the cost of maintaining the motor patrols, I Shows a balance of $7112 51, which rcp-Sj rcp-Sj resents tha saving effected by the use m of automobiles in the six moni-s' pvlad. S In the ligures showing the cost of opal op-al I erating the motor patrols no reference is ii made to" crews, as the cars are manned by patrolmen In the regular service of g the department. In making the com-S com-S i parison, twelve patrolmen are listed in H the figures as additional men whom It 1 -would be necessary to employ Jn order .SI t0 Peiform tho same, service with horse-wWi horse-wWi drawn vehicles.